Work On Climate has a diverse team of 60+ people donating their time, including seasoned executives and founders, employees of Fortune 500 companies, and professionals of all walks of life who are helping propel the organization forward.
You don’t need to have a climate background to volunteer with us: we need a variety of skills in areas such as events, marketing, business development, research, data analytics, and more.
Join us in building a climate-positive, harmonious, and equitable future.
The Member Experience team ensures that the Work on Climate community’s tools, resources, and culture make Work on Climate a positive place where members help one another make climate work mainstream.
We are currently working on a number of projects to improve Work on Climate’s new member onboarding experience and ensure broad adherence to our community guidelines, and are constantly looking for new opportunities to improve the experience of our members, whether they’ve just joined or have been part of the community for years.
We’re looking for a team lead who is excited to jump in to active work and chart a future for the member experience at Work on Climate.
10 hours/week consistently for the next 6+ months.
In addition to playing a critical role in enabling the climate talent transition, you will get to:
In short, you will lead the Member Experience Team to success! Though each Team Lead will bring their own unique flair to the role, the core responsibilities of the Team Lead are:
The most effective candidates for the Team Lead are those that have:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
The Member Experience team ensures that the Work on Climate community’s tools, resources, and standards make Work on Climate a positive place where members help one another make climate work mainstream.
Our community has grown substantially in the past year. With that growth comes greater opportunity for connection and community building, but also greater risk of spam and other behaviors that go against our Community Guidelines.
We are seeking community moderators to help make sure that activity within Work on Climate meets our Community Guidelines, and to support the Moderation Project Lead in an ongoing project to update our community guidelines and moderation strategies.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
Work on Climate is one of the largest, most active communities helping people make the transition to climate work. Volunteering as a community moderator means you will have a direct impact on how members experience Work on Climate, and ensure that community members connect with the people and resources they need.
Through this work, you will gain the following:
Moderators are closely exposed to what goes on on Slack, empathize with member experience, and are uniquely equipped to identify ways to improve the community guidelines, the moderation process, and overall Slack structure. In addition to day-to-day moderation, you will work closely with the Moderation Project lead to update our community guidelines and moderation policies.
Your tasks over the next 3 months may look like:
The most effective candidates will have:
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
Join the Marketing team and help us grow Work on Climate’s library of content! We’re creating climate thought leadership pieces, research insights, event summaries, SEO-optimized content and more to help more people work on climate 🌏
1-5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
Work on Climate is one of the biggest and most active climate slack communities helping people around the world work on climate! As a volunteer, you’ll have the chance to help your fellow members on their climate journey, as well as network and collaborate with our awesome global team of volunteers.
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.
The subco team is currently seeking 3 volunteers with a passion for people and community organizing! With 25k members in Slack, curating a navigable, useful, and helpful digital ecosystem is critical to our mission to make climate work mainstream. Subco volunteers facilitate activities in targeted subcos to help members make meaningful interactions, connect to valuable resources, and realize their full potential in the climate workforce transition.
5 hours/week consistently for the next 3-6 months.
By helping others on their journey to work on climate, you will increase your own chances of doing the same! You will also learn a lot about community organizing and play a central role in helping make climate work mainstream. The skills you develop and relationships you build will help you in your career journey.
Our volunteers manage certain subcos directly (running events and curating experiences for members) and look after the overall structure and organization of WoCl. We put extra energy into mission critical subcommunities like our #role-founders, so if you have a passion for the founders of climate positive companies, you’ll enjoy this work! We are also running some new experiments with #role and #learn communities to create a deeper level of engagement and value for members through evolving a subco to become a true community of practice
For example, you might:
The subco team is going through a major revamp right now; you should be comfortable with some ambiguity and be willing to think outside the box and try experimental things. Past experience with community organizing/management, and especially with communities of practice, preferred!
Yay! We’re excited to learn more about you. Please fill out this application form to tell us about your skills and interests in volunteering with our awesome team. If you are selected for an interview, our team will be in touch in 1-2 weeks.